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| NZ Infantry company comes ashore for training |
Military forces from Australia and Britain are helping the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) to develop its amphibious capability in an exercise in Auckland this week. Army, navy and air forces were taking part in Exercise Pae Tata 2012 at various locations, with drills aimed at securing a point of entry and executing a beach landing, said a statement from the NZDF Friday, November 9, 2012.
The exercise, from Nov. 5 to 16, involved two New Zealand navy vessels and a diving team, a headquarters element and enhanced infantry company, a special forces task element, and two air force detachments.
Royal Australian Navy landing ship HMAS Tobruk was also taking part in the drill to develop ANZAC (named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps of the First World War) interoperability.
Amphibious trainers from the United Kingdom would deliver an amphibious warfare training package.
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